Character Analysis: Kissing The Rain

The Public Service Announcement that we made was meant to show and describe Health and Wellness of a teen through the retro perspective of a male protagonist undergoing a serious stressor, affecting him from sustaining a healthy lifestyle. The entire plotline follows the character development of the protagonist from a happy individual and literally falling into bad habits like overeating and excessive sleeping. The target audience can see the different media techniques and artistic choices used like the resemblance of music to make the actor seem relatable and describe real-life issues. The PSA is meant to show the revolution of a teen falling into bad habits hence the title is called “Gravity.” But, the story doesn’t just show the character

The resemblance of bright tones and the happy scenery was at the beginning of the story with the protagonist having a prosperous day until the setting begins to resemble darkness after the presumed passing of his mother. Therefore, showing the reclusive actions of how protagonist growing into unhealthy habits and isolating himself from his peers. The audience also hears sombre music being played in the background to change the tone of the story. While, towards the end of the novel, readers can see the visual perspective of the story in how the young teen calls for help and dramatically the story cuts to the audience can infer what may happen next in the plotline.

The connections that can be related to the media advertisement is Kissing the Rain by Kevin Brooks as a quotation that we based the plotline for our novel, we wanted to express the progression of obesity and how body-image has evolved into a dynamic factor in society’s opinion. The PSA included “I 'm fat I 'm so sad and I eat a lot I can 't stop” as the main message to “Don’t Fall into Bad Habits.” As authors, we wanted to express obesity and compelling body-image as a

As a group, we conversed different ideas on media techniques, graphic effect and scene designs that would best represent the emotional storyline. Our purpose was to make a story with as little dialogue as possible to emphasize the gravity of the situation and allow the reader to be emotionally dragged into the storyline. Another aspect that was suggested was to deliver a cliffhanger towards the end of the story in order to allow the audience to infer what may happen next for the protagonist. The cliffhanger was meant to be presented as a confusing twist in the story where the protagonist breaks from his redundant chain of eating and sleeping then ultimately call someone on the phone before the screen turns black. Without the help of some of our tech analysts in our group, we wouldn’t be able to pull off the various angle shots with the usage of numerous cameras and occupy props consisting of a phone and some food. To create a more life-like approach we wanted to use a real-life character that seemed socially outdated or introverted to create a seemingly amazing emphasis towards a realistic plotline. There were many technical choices of music and filters used to represent the mood of the protagonist throughout the progression of the